The Baltimore County union., 1887-07-30
A REMARKABLE TRIP.
N, Y. Times, June %,


at the Windsor Hotel, where he was engaged in
searching the tape line for the last quotation for
July wheat. The set of Mr.. Rahilps claw hammer
coat was faultess; his shirt bosom, from the GEN.
ire of which q lustrous opal shot forth moonlike
rays, was immaculate and unrumpled; while his
trousers, marked by that latest freak of gentleman
ly folly, the Prince of Wales crease, fitted him in
a way that at once filled with envy all the heavy
swels of Gotham who were buzzing about the wide
corridors.
"It beats the world" Mr.. RahilI remarked, look
ing up from the paper ribbon that he held between
his thumb and fore-fnger, "it is the greatest ac-
complishment of the century"
"The Chicago wheat deal" queried his listener,
in a vain effort to catch his drift.
"Nonsense!" he returned, dropping the line,
and thrusing both hands into his trousers pockets
"The Chicago wheat deal is an old story. The
same thing has been done over and over again.
No, sir; 1 was speaking of the train on which
left Chicago last evening, and ON which I came
into Jersey City to-night-one of the new Vesti-
buled Trains that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has just put on between the two cities. It's
the novelty of the age, it's the-but stop, let me
tell you about it and you yourself will have to
hunt for terms sufficiently glowing to describe it.
came back to Chicago yesterday afternoon after
a business trip west as far as Omaha. was dusty,
dirty, and weary, and I longed for nothing so
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tired of the rumble and rattle of the cars, the fly
ing cinders the cramped sitting posture, the dust
over everything, the railroad lunch-rooms, and the
railroad sandwiches. I made up my mind that
would settle down in Chicago and never stir out
of it again until had to. Well, what do you
suppose happened? When at four o'clock rush.
ed into my Office in State street and dropped into
my chair, there among the letters on my desk be-
fore me found an invitation to friends wedding
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my unlucky stars. Much as I despised railroad
travelling 1 would have gone double the distance
to have seen that man married. In days gone by
were as were Damon and Pythias. stated
the case to my partner, and growled like seven
bears because had not come home day earlier.
"Wef,' said my partner, after moments hes
itation, 'if you'd stop growing and hustle about
a little you might get there yet ;"
"'Man alive! 1 exclaimed, you're crazy. The
PENNSYLVANIA Railroads New York and Chicago
Limited which makes the fastest time of any train
east leaves in less than an hour, and does not ar
rive in New York until seven o'clock tomorrow
night. The wedding takes place in church some
where up Madison avenue. Now, how in the name,
of Heaven could get shaved, put on a dress suit,
and ride to the church in half an honr?
"'Youre behind the century, said Tom-Tom's
nv partner, YOU know. Trust this matter to me,
and I'll have you there before the organist strikes
up the wedding march, or you can call on me for
ten thousand bushels of July wheat at 7O.'
"Well, Just put myself trustingly into his
hands, The first thing he did was to start mes
senger off to my house with my satchel, and in
structions to put in my dress clothes and two
changes of underwear, and to be at the Union Sta
tion by five o'clock sharp. The next thing he did
was to secure a section for me on the Pennsylva-
MAS Vestbued Train for that afternoon; and it
was only by luck that he got it. Everything, l
believe, had been engaged for days ahead, but
somebody, who couldn't 60, brought back his ticket,
and so was saved. At five o'clock, still dusty,
dirty, and weary climbed into the most luxurious
car it has ever been my good fortune to ride in.
found that the section of which was the lucky
possessor for the trip, was little deliciously up
holstered drawing -room with cushions and hang
ings of a tint that think I have seen described
somewhere as crushed strawberry. The fittings
were of satin wood, and the ceiling was decorated
in silver. There were slvered lighting arrange
ments too. Not gas brackets, my friend, for that
whole train is illuminated by electricity. Well, 1
found that there was a toilet-room connected with
that section of mine, which, together with the
ton, could be cut off from the rest of the train,
and so if wanted privacy I could have all 1
wanted. 1 did want it, because l had number
of letters with me that had found at the office
and that had no time to read carefully before I
started. I shut myself in for while with my let
ters after washing my face and hands, and getting
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"Then I became aware of the fact that l was
hungry, and so I made inquiry as to the dining
car. 1t was forward, was told, and strolled
thither, passing through another car on my way.
Although we were running at the rate of fifty
miles an hour, there was no necessity of catching
hold of the seats to steady myself as 1 went.
That train glided along as smoothly as sleigh on
polished runners over hard-packed snow, and
walked from one end of it to the other as would
IL Al II fha of
the sleeping car in which I was located was up
hoIstered in gendarmc blue, with woodwork of
Hungarian mahogany, and the way in which the
two colors harmonized was a delightful change
from what I had been used to on the western
roads. The vestibule arrangement found most
charming innovation. In passing from car to car,
there was no banging to of the door with one hand
holding ones hat with the other to keep it from
flying off, and then making grab for the handle
of the door of the next car in mortal terror of be-
ing swung from the platform. No, sir! 1t was
step over carpeted vestibule, between velvet cur
tains which hid from view the rubber joints that
connected the two cars.
"Did I dine? Well, 1 should say did, and
sumptuously too, in as pretty little dining-room
excuse me, car mean-as man ever sat down
in. The table linen was spotless, and the service
unexceptionable. There were flowers in little
vase in front of mirror over the table between
the windows, and whenever I raised my eyes they
fell upon q most ornate bonfe, that fairly shone
with silver, glass, and polished brass. This din
ing car was fitted up in old oak, with blue-green
velours hangings and upholstery generally. The
dinner cost me dollar, and was better than the
best dollar and-a half dinner ever ate in hotel.
had pint of Pommery too, for which paid the
usual two dollars. smoked cigar after dinner
in the smoking car, which, with its stained oak
book cases and brackets, its bric-a-brac on the
Shelves and its softly cushioned wicker chairs, was
more like comfortable library in some city house,
than the interior of running across the coun-
try at a speed that few years ago no railroad
dared even to attempt. had some letters to an
swer, and so 1 sat down there at q desk and an
swored thom. If I was at a loss for the spelling
of word, dictionary was at hand, and if l
wanted an address, all had to do was ask the
porter for directory of the city in which the lost
party resided. Before had finished writing, it
was after nine o'clock, and we had passed Fort
Wayne, and were laundering on towards Crest
line, our next stopping place.
GAS I was tired turned in early, and slept
as soundly as though 1 were in my own home. I
slept far into the morning, and when awoke and
went into breakfast, we were somewhere between
Pittsburg and Altoona. After breakfast I went
into the barber shop and"
"The barber shop" interrupted his companion,
"Where did you find barber shop?"
"On the train of course. 0, didn't speak of it
before, did L? Well, that's another feature exclu-
sively the property of the Pennsylvania New
York and Chicago Limited. Yes, sir. There is q
barber shop there, and good barber, too. was
shaved without scratch, had my hair trimmed,
and felt as fresh as field daisy in June. found
book in the library that interested me until lunch
time, and just as got through luncheon we ar
rived at Harrisburg, promptly on scheduled time
1.55. There I got the New York papers, looked
the grain markets, wired an order to my part
ner to buy 5000 bushels of July wheat for my ac-
count, and settled down with a cigar between my
teeth for an hour or two with the of the day.
About four o'clock I took my satchel made my
way to the bath-room-O! yes; there's bath
room, too-had delightfully."- refreshing bath, put
on clean clothes, and donned this black and white
Wt 6sT bbbpxsSS az r6ssa street satofns il Pha
delphia, for five minutes, and were shooting out
over the Schuylkill the last stage of the jour-
ney. Another delicious dinner occupied another
hour and more. When went into the smoking
car, we were somewhere between Trenton and New
Brunswick, and though there was no preceptible
swaying of the train or jolting either, was told
shortly afterwards that we had made the run of
twenty-five miles between those two points in ex-
actly twenty minutes. Pretty fast going
that, eh? Before had finished my second cigar
we were in Jersey City. took the upper ferry,
arrived on the New York side at sharp seven
o'clock, jumped into q cab and walked into the
church might in time to get good seat forward,
from which witnessed my friends marriage from
start to finish.
"My verdict consequently is, that the Pennsyl-
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